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A new administration may find that the summit overloads its circuits at a demanding time.

This blog is about Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko and how he remains Belarus' leader, earning him the moniker of the "last dictator in Europe."

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we discuss if the European Union can stay politically relevant after COVID-19 and Brexit.

In Africa, “supplying and supporting abusive security forces often directly undermines democracy,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Council survey data find majorities in South Korea view China as more of a security threat than a security partner and as more of an economic threat than an economic partner.

Can an administration that up to this point has been belligerent towards traditional US democratic allies and has rejected many forms of multilateralism be able to turn the page and shift from "America First" to "American Led"?

“By centering our economic and trade relations with our friends, we can drive a more powerful collective recovery,” writes John Austin in Our Towns.

“A series of radical rulings makes America’s exhortations about promoting democracy ring hollow,” write Senior Fellows Elizabeth Shackelford and Dina Smeltz.

For the 13th year in a row, freedom declined around the world — with more countries falling down freedom’s ranks than moving up.

Ivo Daalder, Kori Schake and David Sanger discuss the international challenges facing the Biden administration.

"To be a credible champion of good governance and democracy, America must make fighting corruption a higher priority," writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

A March 2021 survey finds Americans see US priorities in Asia to be less about limiting the expansion of China and more about economic growth and strengthening democracy.

In new Council polling, Americans say China’s treatment of minority groups isn’t just a question of internal politics.

One year later, Americans remain divided over what happened on January 6, 2021. But they're united in concerns about future political violence.

Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm analyze public opinion data showing while most Americans think US democracy is still functioning, they believe it has been either temporarily or permanently weakened.

A plurality of Americans—and a majority of Republicans—also say that US leaders are not paying enough attention to US-China competition.

For the first time, a majority of Republicans think the United States should stay out of world affairs.

More Americans consider issues like weakening democracy and political polarization to be critical threats to the United States than foreign adversaries.

New data reveals that the US public would prefer to respond with to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with sanctions and diplomacy.

While President Trump has promised a vaccine before November, many are skeptical that a vaccine can safely be developed in such a short span of time.